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Ryder Cup 2018

Date Posted:2 October 2018

Europeans victorious

Europe and the USA held the bi-annual Ryder Cup at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. With a home course advantage it was always going to be an easier ride for the Europeans with the crowd voicing their support. After the Friday morning session however the Americans were feeling confident finishing 3-1 but by the end of the day Europe were in the lead 5-3 following an afternoon whitewash. Saturday morning also went to the Europeans after they took three of the matches finishing 8-4. When the afternoon points were shared evenly Europe went into the Sunday singles with a convincing 10-6 lead. On the final day, McIlroy and Rose were defeated early and the Americans thought they were in control but that soon faded as the colour blue began to take over the leader board. The US couldn't keep up with the stellar play of the passionate Europeans and the American superstars were convincingly defeated. (including Tiger Woods who lost all four matches) Notably, Open champion Francesco Molinari won all five of his matches. The Europeans flooded the course with emotion taking the Cup back home for another two years. They will next meet in Whistling Straits, Wisconsin.

The final single results are shown below.

The Champions tour held the PURE Insurance Championship on the Pebble Beach Golf Links in Monterey Peninsula, California. In his first year on tour, 50 year old Ken Tanigawa (-10) from the USA eagled the final hole for an emotional one shot maiden tour title. Americans heading up the leaderboard were Kirk Triplett (-9), Marco Dawson (-9), Duffy Waldorf (-8), Woody Austin (-7), Mike Goodes (-7) and Tom Gillis (-7). Australians in the field were David McKenzie (E) and Peter Lonard (+4).

The Japanese tour held the 49th TOP Cup Tokai Classic at the Miyoshi Country Club on the West Course in Aichi, Japan. After closing with his fourth round in the 60's, Angelo Que (-17) from the Philippines claimed a 2 shot maiden victory. Australia's Won Joon Lee (-15) closed with a 66 to be tied for second place with Y.E. Yang from Korea. Sharing fourth place were Korea's Sang-Hee Lee (-13) and Juvic Pagunsan from the Philippines. Other Aussies taking part were Matthew Griffin (-7), Anthony Quayle (-6) and David Bransdon (-2).

The Asian tour played the Mercuries Taiwan Masters at the Taiwan Golf and Country Club in Chinese Taipei. Starting the day with a one shot lead, Adilson da Silva (-7) from Brazil closed with his third consecutive round of 70 and claimed his maiden tour title. Tied for second place were Berry Henson (-6) from the USA and Wen-Tang Lin from Taipei. Coming in tied for fourth place were Justin Harding (-4) from South Africa and Korea's Heungchol Joo. Australians making the cut were Josh Younger (E), Maverick Antcliff (+2), Jake Higginbottom (+2), Terry Pilkadaris (+6) and Travis Smyth (+9).

The Chinese tour played the Macau Championship at Caesars Golf Macau in Macau. New Zealand’s Nick Voke (-15) eagled his 17th hole and closed with a 66 for his second victory in as many tournaments. American Trevor Sluman (-13) closed with a 67 to be solo second. 21-year-old Yechun “Carl” Yuan (-12) from China was tied for third with American duo Ryann Ree and Jeffrey Kang as well as rookie Luke Kwon from Korea and Japan’s Yuwa Kosaihira. Australians making the cut were Jack Munro (-6), Bryden MacPherson (-4), Peter Martin (-3), Max McCardle (-1), Kevin Yuan (-1), Sean Earl (E) and Sean Underwood (+1).

Next week the PGA tour will begin the 2018-19 season with the Safeway Open at the Silverado Resort in California. Brendan Steele will be back to try and make it three in a row. defend his title. Watch out for Jhonattan Vegas, Jason Dufner, Anirban Lahiri, Emiliano Grillo, Fred Couples and Phil Mickelson. Aussies taking part will be Matt Jones, Curtis Luck, Cameron Davis and John Senden.

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